Floor oil-cloth



(No Model.)

M. A. LOOS. Floor Oil Cloth,

` Patented Junej14, 18.81. XGQQ N4 PETERS'. PhviwLixhagmphnr, wnshingiun. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY A. LOOS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLOOR OIL-CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,947, dated June 14, 1881. Application filed May 13, 1881. (No model.)

T o all whom 'it may concern:

Beit. known that I, MARY A. Loos, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Floor Oil-Cloths, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to prevent iioor oil-cloth from adhering to the surface to which it is applied 5 and this object I attain by securing to the back ofthe oilclotl1 a sheet o'f paper or equivalent material, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figuie l is a perspective View of a sheet of ordinaryY door oil-cloth provided with a backing in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 an exaggerated section of a portion of the same. i

Ordinary floor oil -cloth, especially when freshly I nade, is of such a character that the pressure to which it is subjected'when in use causes the back of the cloth to adhere to the iioor or other surface to which it is applied, so that in removing the cloth not only is the latter likely to be torn, but the iioor or other surface is rendered unsightly by the adhering patches, which interf'ere with the proper application of another covering.

In carrying out my invention I secure to the back of the strip or sheet of oil-cloth a sheet of paper of any desired thickness, the preference being given to thin paper on account of .the surface will not cause the back to adhere to the tloor, the backing, moreover, causing no material difference in the weight or costof the product.

Thin muslin or other cheap fabric may in some cases be substituted for the paper backing; but the latter is to be preferred, on account of its economy.

I claim as my'invention- As a new article of manufacture, oor oilcloth having a backing of paper or equivalent material secured thereto, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony WhereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin g Witnesses.

MARY A. LOOS.

Vitnesses: I

WM. P. LOGAN, HARRY SMITH. 

